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Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.

This is a view now firmly consigned to the history books. The Lydney Canal in Gloucestershire was about a mile in length, and carried trade up to the mid 1970s.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

was created in the 1830s on the site of the King's Mews and a juimble fo decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cook-shops

The original Book Of Remembrance containing the names of 35,000 fallen is now overshadowed by the death tolls of conflicts unimaginable to those at its original presentation.

In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had been changed again

Oscar Cook is now empty, while the roof has been lowered to the left part of the centre building. The hall up the hill on the left dates from 1914.

The hamlets of Stopper Lane, Martin Top, Newby and Howgill comprise this small, scattered community recorded in Domesday Book.

This much-photographed picture-book village rises above a green and a pond, which is fed by a stream - a tributary of the River Pant. On the right is the war memorial.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

He had an extensive (and now extremely valuable) chained library of books, which he left to the villagers.

In 1841 Thomas Cook organised the earliest-known Sunday excursion with a trip from Leeds to Hull.The train comprised 40 carriages and carried 1,250 passengers.

'In each kitchen shall be made a hearth for the cooking of two or three oxen'.

advertising the attractions of the new Shopping Centre was the local branch of J Sainsbury's, with its tiled walls and marble counters, suffused with the subtle and distinctive aromas of cheese and cooked

The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.

It used to have a famous library of 8,000 books, including the copy of the Messiah used by Handel himself at the first performance; these treasures are now housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

A church was recorded as being on this site in the Domesday Book, when a 'ford' was built over the River Cray.

Cookes next door was a printer and stationer selling postcards, and then came A G Metcalfe, a baker with café, and R S Corner, a confectioner.

Corfe Mullen's mill received a mention in the Domesday Book. Here we see a very 1950s scene - the tea rooms combined with a petrol station catering for the revolution in popular motoring.

St Bridget's is also the modern site for two war memorials; the first a simple cross in the churchyard, complemented by the second, a beautifully carved book in the nave of the church carrying

The young James Cook started his working life here as an apprentice grocer, before the lure of the sea took him around the world on his voyages of discovery.

Many civic treasures are held within, including the Red Book of Lynn, in which are recorded the municipal records from 1204 to 1392. The matching town hall was built in 1895.

In June 1840, Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.

Members of ships' crews arriving in the docks in order to receive either their pay or an advance, had to sign on and off and have their books stamped here.